Reptile-associated salmonellosis in New York State

Ackman, David M.; Drabkin, Peter D.; Birkhead, Guthrie S.; Cieslak, Paul R.

doi:10.1097/00006454-199511000-00006

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“…positive cloacal swabs in free-living snakes and lizards sampled in Germany. However, all of the animals in our study were sampled only once, so that one negative finding does not mean that animals were free of Salmonella, probably due to M. Lukač et al: Oral and cloacal aerobic microflora of four-lined snakes (Elaphe quatuorlineata) from Croatia bacterial intermittent shedding (ACKMAN et al, 1995). Bacteria from Chlamydiaceae family, known to cause pneumonia (TAYLOR-BROWN et al, 2015) and hepatitis (HUCHZERMEYER et al, 2008) in reptiles, were also not detected in this study.…”

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Oral and cloacal aerobic bacterial and fungal flora of free-living four-lined snakes (Elaphe quatuorlineata) from Croatia

Lukač

Tomić

Mandac³

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The aim of this study was to identify oral and cloacal aerobic flora of four-lined snakes (Elaphe quatuorlineata) from Croatian islands Cres and Olib to get better insight into bacteria and fungi potentially harmful to both the animals and the people getting in contact with those animals. Oral and cloacal swabs were taken from a total of 20 snakes and analyzed by standard microbiology and by Real-Time PCR method for Chlamydia spp. identification. Neither Salmonella spp. nor Chlamydia spp. were detected, but some potentially human pathogens, such as Aeromonas hydrophila, Escherichia coli, Serratia marcescens and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, were isolated. Some of fungi detected, such as Candida albicans, Aspergillus flavus and Cladosporium sp., have already been described as secondary causative disease agents in reptile collections. To the author's knowledge this study is the first survey of aerobic microflora of four-lined snakes.

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Oral and cloacal aerobic bacterial and fungal flora of free-living four-lined snakes (Elaphe quatuorlineata) from Croatia

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Tomić

Mandac³

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“…In one US study most RRS patients had only indirect, often very slight, contact with a reptile 1 . The disease is also acquired in households where reptiles are not kept, when outsiders inadvertently introduce the pathogens 1,15 . RRS cases super®cially present as other salmonelloses (`food-poisoning') and the association with reptiles may go unperceived.…”

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Reptile-related salmonellosis

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“…In addition, reptiles pose a significant zoonotic risk to pet owners, zookeepers, and veterinarians (Altman et al, 1972;Ackerman et al, 1995;Andreacchio and Miller, 2000;Mermin et al, 2004;Wells et al, 2004;Johnson-Delaney, 2006). Those most at risk of contracting Salmonella from reptiles are young children, the elderly, or immunocompromized people, and clinical signs of infection usually relate to gastrointestinal upset but occasionally severe infections can result in sepsis and even death (Altman et al, 1972;Lamm et al, 1972;Pelzer, 1989;D'Aoust et al, 1990;Bradley et al, 2001;Ketz-Riley, 2003;JohnsonDelaney, 2006).…”

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Prevalence of Salmonella in Australian Reptiles

Scheelings

Lightfoot²,

Holz

2011

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

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, 504 reptiles of four families and 57 species were examined for Salmonella by using cloacal or intestinal swabs. Salmonella was identified in 139 (28%) of the 504 animals tested. Of the 504 reptiles examined, 210 were captive and 294 were wild. Ninety-eight (47%) of the captive reptiles were shedding Salmonella at the time of sampling. In contrast, only 41 (14%) of the wild reptiles were shedding Salmonella. The higher prevalence of Salmonella in captive reptiles was statistically significant (P,0.0001). No Salmonella was found in 60 wild, freshwater chelonians or 48 wild southern water skinks (Eulamprus heatwolei). Our results suggest that some species of wild reptiles in Australia are not natural carriers of Salmonella and that diet and captivity may influence Salmonella excretion in other species.

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Reptile-associated salmonellosis in New York State

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Oral and cloacal aerobic bacterial and fungal flora of free-living four-lined snakes (Elaphe quatuorlineata) from Croatia

Oral and cloacal aerobic bacterial and fungal flora of free-living four-lined snakes (Elaphe quatuorlineata) from Croatia

Reptile-related salmonellosis

Prevalence of Salmonella in Australian Reptiles

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